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Thomas College: OSHA inspections and violations

Waterville, Maine · Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools · NAICS 611310

1inspections
5citation items
$10,222current penalties
Nov 7, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Thomas College once in Maine.

The inspection began on Nov 7, 2016 after a complaint, in Waterville.

That inspection ended with 5 citation items: 4 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $20,446 and now stand at $10,222, 50% lower after settlements or reviews.

Woodworking machinery comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.213.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for education employers since 2015 is $0, and Thomas College averages $10,222 (1 cited inspection).

Thomas College: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341899755 OPENED NOV 7, 2016Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 247 employees at the site · Closed Jan 31, 2017

180 West River Road, Waterville, ME 04901 · Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$5,451$2,725Jan 6, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.213(b)(3) · Woodworking machinery
 Serious$4,090$2,045Jan 6, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.213(c)(1) · Woodworking machinery
 Serious$6,815$3,407Jan 6, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.213(i)(1) · Woodworking machinery
 Serious$4,090$2,045Jan 6, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(i) · Electrical wiring methods
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 6, 2017Final

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1)

(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.

29 CFR 1910.213 · Woodworking machinery

29 CFR 1910.213(b)(3)

(3) On applications where injury to the operator might result if motors were to restart after power failures, provision shall be made to prevent machines from automatically restarting upon restoration of power.

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(1)

(c) Hand-fed ripsaws. (1) Each circular hand-fed ripsaw shall be guarded by a hood which shall completely enclose that portion of the saw above the table and that portion of the saw above the material being cut. The hood and mounting shall be arranged so that the hood will automatically adjust itself to the thickness of and remain in contact with the material being cut but it shall not offer any considerable resistance to insertion of material to saw or to passage of the material being sawed. The hood shall be made of adequate strength to resist blows and strains incidental to reasonable operation, adjusting, and handling, and shall be so designed as to protect the operator from flying splinters and broken saw teeth. It shall be made of material that is soft enough so that it will be unlikely to cause tooth breakage. The hood shall be so mounted as to insure that its operation will be po

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

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